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Palaeography for Family and Local Historians 2nd Revised Edition
Palaeography for Family and Local Historians : 2nd Revised Edition
Family and local historians frequently encounter the challenge posed by the writing, and sometimes the translation, of the records which might most enab...
A Secretary Hand ABC Book
A Secretary Hand ABC Book
This book is a guide to reading old documents. It takes the reader through the alphabet with examples of how letters might appear. Each letter is matched with relevant words and illustrations i...
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Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
An interest in the middle ages often brings the non-specialist reader up short against a word or term which is not understood or only imperfectly understood. This dictionary is i...
Examples of Handwriting 1550-1650
Examples of Handwriting 1550-1650
This title contains handwriting examples, both for the alphabet and of commoner forenames for the period.
This book also includes a number of varieties, so as to form a nucleus for ref...
Latin For Local And Family Historians
Latin For Local And Family Historians : A Beginner's Guide
Latin is the language of a vast quantity of source material but despite the popularity of researching family and local history there has been no recent textbook...
Reading Latin Epitaphs
A Handbook for beginners ( with illustrations)
This compact handbook enables users to quickly and accurately read Latin epitaphs in churches, no matter what their knowledge of the language is. John Parker has reproduced...
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Understanding Documents for Genealogy and Local History
Understanding Documents for Genealogy & Local History
Genealogists and local historians have probably seen every birth, marriage, death and census record available, and are adept at using the internet for research. Howe...
A Latin Glossary For Family And Local Historians
Latin Glossary For Family Historians
This booklet is not intended to be a comprehensive dictionary of all the Latin words likely to be found in record of interest to family historian. It does, however, aim to include mo...
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Dorset Manorial Documents : A Guide for Local & Family Historians
Dorset Manorial Documents : A Guide for Local & Family Historians
Manorial documents are a useful and yet underused source for local and family historians in Dorset. They illustrate many aspects of the lives of ordinary...
Local Historian's Glossary Of Words And Phrases
Local Histroian's Glossary Of Words And Terms
Researching local history can be absorbing and rewarding, but often key documents (such as Manorial and Estate papers, probate inventories and parish registers) are full of ...